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, which is engulfed in its own syria war. isil started out as a an al-qaeda-inspired terrorist group. since american troops left i in 2011 isil has morphed into an insurgent force that threatens to take baghdad. if they accumulate more money. they accumulate more ammunition, more military capability, larger numbers, that poses great dangerous not just to allies of ours like jordan which is very close by, but it also poses great danger in the united states. >> this is what we think we know about isil's finances. from the territory it captured last year the group brings in money from oil sales, extortion and taxes on people from businesses within the area that it controls. isil generates $8 million a month from extortion and $2.5 million from ransoms, kidnapping foreign reporters and aid workers and another $1.7 million a month from oil sales to syrian and turkish oil brokers. last week it scored big when it seized $430 million in currency from the central bank vaults in captured iraqi city of mosul. isil uses that money to fun
, which is engulfed in its own syria war. isil started out as a an al-qaeda-inspired terrorist group. since american troops left i in 2011 isil has morphed into an insurgent force that threatens to take baghdad. if they accumulate more money. they accumulate more ammunition, more military capability, larger numbers, that poses great dangerous not just to allies of ours like jordan which is very close by, but it also poses great danger in the united states. >> this is what we think we know...
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they created artificial lines in the sand, carving out greater lebanon from syria. iraq is a construct of british imperial ambitions. they created jordan, the partition of palestine. it goes on and on. although it's 100 years ago, we are seeing the consequences of this, because the lines in the sand cross the borders that they created, crossed sectarian lines, you can go east to afghanistan and the duran line. fundamentally you are right. what is happening is the unravelling of the political order that the colonialists put in place after world war i. now, if the people of the region, now we are talking about the heart of the arab world, iraq and syria, if they decide that an op for partition, that is their call. i think it would be destabilizing but there's no way that, you know, this can be dictated from outside. what can be done is that there seems to be supposedly a consensus in iraq that sunnis, shi'a and kurd will prefer to remain in one state. but that is tested very, very campaign. >> one complicated issue. i think we'd all do well to read your book. >> thank
they created artificial lines in the sand, carving out greater lebanon from syria. iraq is a construct of british imperial ambitions. they created jordan, the partition of palestine. it goes on and on. although it's 100 years ago, we are seeing the consequences of this, because the lines in the sand cross the borders that they created, crossed sectarian lines, you can go east to afghanistan and the duran line. fundamentally you are right. what is happening is the unravelling of the political...
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they carved out greater lebanon from syria. iraq is a pure construct. they created jordan out of whole cloth. the partition of palestine, it goes on and on. we are now seeing the consequences of this, because these lines in the sand crossed -- the borders they created crossed all sorts of sectarian lines. you can even go further east in to afghanistan. so foreign minist-- fundamental right. what is happening is the unravelling of the political order that the colonials put in place after world war i. now if the people of the region, especially now we're talking about the heart of the arab world, iraq and syria. if they decide and opt for partition, that is their call. i think it would be very destabilizing, but there's no way that, you know, this can be dictated from outside. what can be done is that there seems to be supposedly a consensus in iraq that sunnis and shiite and the kurds would prefer to remain in one state. but that is being tested severely by isis's campaign. >> ambassador thanks so much for your incite. you certainly have a lot of it. fou
they carved out greater lebanon from syria. iraq is a pure construct. they created jordan out of whole cloth. the partition of palestine, it goes on and on. we are now seeing the consequences of this, because these lines in the sand crossed -- the borders they created crossed all sorts of sectarian lines. you can even go further east in to afghanistan. so foreign minist-- fundamental right. what is happening is the unravelling of the political order that the colonials put in place after world...
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we need to identify iran's interests with syria. syria has got it's interests now with iraq, and saudi arabia is sunni. you explained it all very well. and i said that twice now, and i'll stop with the compliments, but it shows how complex it is. what has to be done is that a serious, truly serious discussion, leading past the problems with the iranians, has to be put together. and that's where the u.s. could be most helpful, maybe with the iranians. they have been influential too, the dialogue that incorporates those that have clear interest in the region to work out what will stabilize. you talk about the economy, which is why i watch you. one of the things that will happen is there will be a full-scale conflict in the middle east. middle east. >> it feels tremendous like instability, but it feels like this is hinging on making a bad decision, and this could all south. >> exactly, we haven't seen a spike yet. but the northern oil fields production has stopped, the kurds have taken control of major oil facility. and that's another
we need to identify iran's interests with syria. syria has got it's interests now with iraq, and saudi arabia is sunni. you explained it all very well. and i said that twice now, and i'll stop with the compliments, but it shows how complex it is. what has to be done is that a serious, truly serious discussion, leading past the problems with the iranians, has to be put together. and that's where the u.s. could be most helpful, maybe with the iranians. they have been influential too, the dialogue...
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east. >> what is possible, perhaps not likely, but possible is occupying the east of syria, and the north and west of iraq and creating a de facto state. the people in the north are very disaffected from the shiite-dominated state. but in 2006, the same thing happened when al-qaeda came in. but when these fanatical fighters came in, they started mistreating the sunnis as well, and if that happens in the north, you will again see a great change in attitude. >> at that .1 never knows what the u.s. is supposed to do. be? >> first i would be very careful. we do not want to turn this terrorism against us. but there is certainly some possibility that we could use air power. drones are only useful against a small number of people. there would have to be actual attack aircraft, but in doing that, we need to get concessions from prime minister maliki, to stop the highly confessional government that he is leading, and disaffecting the substantial sunny muslim population. they need this to get the country together again, but this fighting is only going to increase the hatred between shiite and
east. >> what is possible, perhaps not likely, but possible is occupying the east of syria, and the north and west of iraq and creating a de facto state. the people in the north are very disaffected from the shiite-dominated state. but in 2006, the same thing happened when al-qaeda came in. but when these fanatical fighters came in, they started mistreating the sunnis as well, and if that happens in the north, you will again see a great change in attitude. >> at that .1 never knows...
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what is happening in syria. you cannot discuss isis in iraq without talking about what is happening in syria. so the two things go hand in hand. and today with isis doing what they are doing in iraq, they are claiming they are destroying the borders between syria and iraq. between the french and the british when they divided inheritance of the ottoman empire between them. they put a big sign when they were destroying the border area between iraq and syria. that happened yet. >> wow. >> but the thing is, those guys are trying to create sunni shiite conflict. today isis taking hostages, the turks -- >> the diplomats, yeah. >> right. by establishing what they call their state. >> yeah. >> that goes all the way from [ inaudible ] and syria to the outskirts of bagdad. they are not only threatening shiites, iran, and al-maliki, or hezbollah, now they are threatening turkey, sodastream sodastream -- is kuwait. >> what a story. all right. you will come back and we'll talk about cyber crime, but i couldn't not discuss th
what is happening in syria. you cannot discuss isis in iraq without talking about what is happening in syria. so the two things go hand in hand. and today with isis doing what they are doing in iraq, they are claiming they are destroying the borders between syria and iraq. between the french and the british when they divided inheritance of the ottoman empire between them. they put a big sign when they were destroying the border area between iraq and syria. that happened yet. >> wow....
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. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> the world bank is less optimistic about this year's global recovery. it says it expects the world economy to grow 2.8%. that's down from the 3.2% expansion that it predicted just in january. the down grade is blamed partly on the winter which held back the economy in the first three 40's, and the crisis in ukraine has been blamed for dragging down europe's growth. the u.s. and europe will regain strength and grow at least int into 2016. well, the world demand for oil keeps growing but opec decided not to increase production for the remainder of the year. at a meeting opec ministers voted to keep outa boot at its current level at 30 million barrels a day but analysts say that opec may have to make up for its loss . today, opec faces real challenges to its ability to manipulate oil prices. high on the list of factors behind that shift is fracking. that's a process of releasing oil and gas from shale
. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> the world bank is less optimistic about this year's global recovery. it says it expects the world economy to grow 2.8%. that's down from the 3.2% expansion that it predicted just in january. the down grade is blamed partly on the winter which held back the...
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